In the one-shot Spider-Man:  The Osborn Journal, Norman discusses the various ways in which he had infiltrated the life of Peter Parker while he remained safely hidden in Europe.  However, with MJ reaching the final term of her pregnancy, Norman has decided to come out of the shadows and reveal himself to Peter, destroying his adversary's life in the process.  Norman's official return to the Spiderverse was featured in a story arc that ran as a  four-part multi-book crossover appropriately named Revelations. 

In part one of Revelations, featured in Spectacular Spider-Man #240, Osborn pays a visit to his lackey Seward Trainer and encourages the scientist to speed up Gaunt's rejuvenation process.  He informs Trainer that he needs Gaunt to carry out some "preliminaries" as he plot against Peter Parker and Ben Reilly unfolds.  This marks the first time Trainer discovers the identity of mastermind behind Gaunt and the Scriers, and he immediately realizes that he has to tell Peter and Ben everything he knows.  Meanwhile, Alison Mongrain takes a job at the local coffee shop, The Daily Grind.  This happens to be a restaurant that Peter, MJ, and Ben visit frequently.  Since Trainer is now aware of the mastermind behind the deception, he is targeted by Gaunt because he is a liability.  Trainer is on the run for his life.  Gaunt's rejuvenation is complete and his body is now encased completely in robotic armor, so from this point on he will be referred as the Robot Master.  The chase leads Trainer right into the hands of Norman Osborn, literally, and Osborn kills the lackey instantly.  He then informs the Robot Master to dispose of Trainer's body. 

Sensational Spider-Man #11 contains part two of this saga and it commences with Norman, whose identity remains mysterious at this point, telling the Robot Master to kill Ben Reilly.  Osborn tells his robotic partner that he wants Reilly murdered in front of Peter Parker and he insists that Parker be kept occupied while Norman executes the remaining aspects of his plan.  As a subplot, J. Jonah Jameson, Joe Roberston, Ben Urich, Flash Thompson, Betty Brant and a few others receive invitations to a gathering at the Daily Bugle at midnight that evening.  The invitation for Jameson is signed by the sender as "O".  MJ, while dining at The Daily Grind, is served chicken gumbo from the waitress Alison Mongrain.  Mongrain places some sort of chemical additive in the form of a solid powder to MJ's food.  This immediately results in MJ going into labor.  Meanwhile, Peter and Ben are distracted as they battle the Robot Master and his group of "children" robots.  

The action continues immediately in part three of the saga, featured in Amazing Spider-Man #418.  During the fight with the Robot Master, Ben Reilly is exposed to a gaseous chemical.  This exposure is important because it nullifies his Spider-Sense allowing Norman to confront him and catch him off guard.  Norman used a gas similar to this on Peter in Amazing Spider-Man #39.  Peter had gotten a "911" message from MJ making him aware that she has gone into labor, but he continues to help Ben until the threat of the Robot Master has diminished.  Meanwhile, at the hospital, MJ is greeted by a Doctor Folsome and he informs her that her regular doctor is "out of town".  Norman oversees the deliver of MJ's baby in person, making sure that everything goes as planned.  

After dismantling the Robot Master and his minions, Ben Reilly confronts the villain demanding to know the identity of the mastermind behind all of this.  Norman emerges and asks Reilly "Why ask the underling…when you can go directly to the source?"  Norman then immediately defeats Ben Reilly and kills the Robot Master for "his failure".  Back at the hospital, MJ is informed that the baby did not survive the birthing process.  Soon it is revealed that Alison Mongrain, who was working for Norman, along with the help of a Doctor Folsome were responsible for deceiving MJ about the baby and kidnapping it. Alison is instructed by Norman to “make sure it’s never seen again". 

The final installment of the Revelations story arc is featured in Peter Parker Spider-Man #75.  The story picks up with Peter arriving at the hospital to be by his wife's side as she gives birth.  When he gets there, Dr. Folsome informs him that “there’s been a problem”, he then sedates Peter.  Meanwhile, J. Jonah Jameson, Flash Thompson, Liz Allan, are gathering at the Daily Bugle and they have all been mysteriously invited from different sources.  The group soon realizes that something is not right and that they have been trapped.  

As Peter awakes from his sedation, Norman reveals himself to his long time adversary.  Peter is in denial at first, but the villain explains how he survived the glider impaling him with his healing factor and that he's been in Europe hiding all this time.  

His return to Peter's world was prompted by the fact that Norman was tired of Peter rebounding from all the things he’s thrown at him and he wants to exact his final revenge.  He also informs Peter that Ben Reilly was actually the clone, not Peter.  He then leads Peter to the Daily Bugle so that he could watch him kill “all those close to him”, before he kills Peter as well.  

Meanwhile, Ben Reilly sneaks the hostages out of the Daily Bugle, and makes his way to Peter, who has neutralized the Goblin.  But Norman was not about to let it end in that manner, instead, he activates his Goblin Glider via a control on his wrist, sending it toward Peter.  In a last ditch effort to save Peter, Ben is killed when he steps in front of the glider, leaving the former Scarlet Spider mortally wounded.  The glider impales him and falls from the top of the Daily Bugle building onto a parked car.  Peter hurls a bag of pumpkin bombs at the Green Goblin, which explode when they hit him, and the Goblin vanishes out of sight.  

As the Goblin's image fades, he reminds Peter that he can never kill him and that he has "no idea what [Norman has] taken from [Peter]".  Norman is most likely alluding to the abduction of Peter's baby daughter May.   Soon after, Ben Reilly dies and his body disintegrates, revealing him as the true clone. Peter does not find Norman's body, but he knows that he has not seen the last of his mortal enemy.

In the trade paperback Spider-Man: Revelations an epilogue is added to the battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin.  In that epilogue, Norman is seen emerging from the rubble left behind from the exploding pumpkin bombs.  He then vows his revenge against Parker and claims that "the rest will be up to Norman Osborn."  The trade paperback also included scenes that featured Norman beating the life out of Ben Reilly just prior to Reilly's attempt to save the hostages at the Daily Bugle.  Those extra scenes provided more context to Ben's bloodied face at the beginning of Peter Parker Spider-Man #75.  

After his return from the shadows and subsequent attack on Peter Parker, Norman went back into hiding for brief time.  But that didn't mean the end of the Green Goblin, in the two-part mini series Spider-Man Badrock the Green Goblin returned.  In fact, Spider-Man and Badrock were attacked by both the Green Goblin and the Hobgoblin at once.  Spidey would soon realize that his attackers were not the true villains, rather illusions employed Mysterio.  

In a later scene, Mysterio describes his creations as 'holographic constructs empowered with the abilities of the authentic matrix individual' (whatever that means!).  So technically this wasn't Norman Osborn, but it does point to a connection between he and Mysterio.  According to Amazing Spider-Man #581, Norman was aided in faking Harry's death by Mysterio, which suggests the possibility for different types of collaboration between the two villains.  Could Osborn have worked with Mysterio to develop these authentic matrices?  I guess we'll have to wait and see. 

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